Sexual Elderly Abuse And Mistreatment - 1412 Words

Sexual Elderly Abuse Mistreatment When I first started the research on sexual elderly abuse I know that it happens but didn’t know the extent of the finding until now how much emotional, physical, sexual, and financial mistreatment and potential neglect that our elderly endure. Elder sexual abuse is understudied and rarely understood. It is difficult to seek justice for elderly sexual abuse because the victims are over the age of 60 and frequently have medical conditions such as loss of memory, communication problems, or confusion as while as finding the perpetrators who maybe attendants, employees of care facilities, family members including spouses, and others. Facility residents sometimes assault fellow residents while the majority†¦show more content†¦However, the studies suggest that about 40 % of people will enter a nursing home before they die according to the National Center on Elder Abuse [NCEA]. In my experience when working in the long term facility some of the problems we came across due to being understaff were untreated bedsores, inadequate care, preventable accidents sometimes it could cause serious enough harm to residents or to place the residents in immediate jeopardy of death or serious injury. One study showed reported instances of residents being punched, slapped, choked or kicked by staff members or other residents, causing injuries such as fractured bones or lacerations. Some of the violations uncovered are particularly disturbing. One attendant walked into a resident s room, said I m tired of your ass, and hit her in the face, breaking her nose. Types of Mistreatment According to the Table of the National Elder Mistreatment Study, (2008) of the sexual mistreatment there was approximately 16 % cases reported to police and of the potential neglect predicted that minority racial status, low income, poor health, and low social support that there was approximately 5.9%. There was an analyses done of the financial mistreatment by families and 5.2 % were financial mistreatment. Women or the frail elderly are more likely to be verbal abused as while as African Americans and those with poor health, reported financial exploitation. However, Latinos were less likely than those from other ethnic